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Video plans & items as of 5:30 p.m. ET Friday, Feb. 11

Here are the latest video plans & items as of 5:30 pm. ET Friday, Feb. 11, 2022

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Trudeau tells protesters to go home or face severe penalties

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says everything is on the table to bring illegal blockades to an end but he can’t say when that will happen because of fears of violence. He says protesters, some with children, are now breaking the law and they will face consequences.

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Time Published: 4:15 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11


Ambassador Bridge still blocked after clearing one lane from vehicles

The protesters blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge say they won’t leave until both the provincial and federal government drop all pandemic-related mandates. They cleared vehicles from one lane of a street connecting to the bridge, but a few dozens of them stood blocking that cleared lane, waving Canadian flags and hoisting anti-vaccine mandate signs.

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Time Published: 4:15 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11


Hundreds attend anti-mandate protest in Fredericton

A few hundred people honked horns and waved signs and Canadian flags near the New Brunswick legislature to protest COVID-19 public health measures. The convoy-style protest was inspired by the trucker demonstrations across the country.

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Time Published: 3:00 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11


Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccines not punishment

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the worst of the latest wave of the pandemic is now behind Canada. But Duclos says vaccines are still needed despite the hesitancy of some.

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Time Published: 11:30 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11

 

Coming up later (subject to change on availability): 

OTTAWA _ Coverage of the truck protest convoy on Parliament Hill. (video as available)

 

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Manitoba to lift mask mandates, COVID-19 vaccine passports in March

Premier Heather Stefanson says Manitoba is accelerating its plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions starting by lifting capacity limits next weeks. Proof of vaccination and mask mandates will be lifted in March.

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Time Published: 1:00 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11


Ontario declares state of emergency in response to convoy protests

Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in Ontario in response to the ongoing protests against public health measures in Ottawa and Windsor, Ont. Ford said the province will enact measures to make it clear that it’s illegal and punishable to block and impede the movement of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure.

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Category: News

Time Published: 12:20 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11


Scenes outside the Prime Minister’s Office on Day 15 of protests

Ottawa is relatively silent with a lack of horns as anti-vaccine mandate protests enter their 15th day. But the block of Wellington Street that abuts the downtown offices of the prime minister remains clogged with trucks of all sizes, including big rigs, pick-ups and at least one camper trailer, along with porta potties and numerous barbecues.

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Time Published: 10:45 p.m. ET Friday Feb. 11


Protest blocks U.S. border crossing in Manitoba

Traffic was almost at a standstill Thursday as yet another protest against COVID-19 restrictions blocked the main border crossing between Manitoba and the United States. About three dozen trailer trucks, tractors, pickups and snowmobiles halted traffic in both directions on Highway 75, about two kilometres north of the Emerson crossing and 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg.

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Category: News

Time Published: 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 10

 

Protesters continue to block Ambassador Bridge

The Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit remained closed to vehicles seeking to cross the border between Canada and the United States on Thursday as a protest against COVID-19 measures that prevented traffic from flowing. The protesters say they won’t leave before the federal and provincial governments drop all vaccine mandates.

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Time Published: 7:00 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 10


Transport minister, critic clash over travel restrictions

Conservative transport critic Melissa Lantsman says in question period that Canadian travel restrictions are not symmetrical with the U.S. and requiring PCR arrival tests is wasteful, ineffective and punitive. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra responded by reminding Conservatives that Canada is still in a pandemic, with thousands of people in hospital and surgeries being cancelled, and it will lift restrictions when conditions change.

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Time Published: 4:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 10

 

More trucks out of Ottawa’s core, as calls grow for end to border blockades

Pressure has mounted on both sides of the border, and across the political aisle in Canada, for protesters blockading key crossings with the U.S. and others encamped by Parliament Hill to go home, or for officials to move them out of the way. Political patience with the protesters has run thin as vehicles choke the flow of goods at border crossings, including at Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and the busy Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge.

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Time Published: 4:25 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 10

 

Singh attacks ‘complete lack of leadership’ by Trudeau over protests

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says there has been a “complete lack of leadership” from the federal government on dealing with protests and border blockades. He says people and businesses feel let down by the prime minister over the blockades, which are having far-reaching impacts on people’s lives.

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Time Published: 2:00 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 10

 

Liberals insist science must rule way forward on COVID-19

Liberal cabinet members and MPs discuss the next steps on COVID-19 after one of their own MPs criticized the government's plans. They say it's science and public health experts who will guide the pandemic to an end.

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Time Published: 6:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9

 

RCMP seek to move Alberta border protesters

The RCMP was greeted with anger and chants of ‘hell no we won’t go’ Wednesday when attempts were made to convince protesters camped out north of the Coutts border crossing to move to another safer location.

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Category: News

Time Published: 4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9

 

Census shows Canada’s population growth tops in G7, despite pandemic slowdown

Statistics Canada says Canada’s population grew at the fastest rate in the G7 between 2016 and 2021. Laurent Martel, director of the agency's centre for demography, says the first bits of census data highlight the impact of immigration and the pandemic on population growth.

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Time Published: 2:45 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9

 

Ontario expands rapid test access with distribution at grocery stores, pharmacies

Ontario is expanding access to rapid antigen COVID-19 tests, making them available at grocery stores, pharmacies and other agencies across the province. The province says up to 5.5 million tests will be made available per week at retailers participating in the program that will run for at least eight weeks. Individuals can pick the tests up in-person or order online, depending on the retailer, with a general limit of one box of five tests per household per visit.

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Time Published: 1:50 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9

 

Alberta starts lifting COVID-19 rules

Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta’s vaccine passport will end almost immediately, with most other big COVID-19 health rules gone three weeks later. Kenney told a news conference the vaccine passport, known in Alberta as the restriction exemption program, had served its function and was no longer helping to further vaccination rates in the province.

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Time Published: 12:20 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9

 

Protesters say end to COVID-19 measures not enough

The vaccine mandate is gone but protesters are vowing to hunker down for the long term on the highway leading to the main border crossing in Alberta. A number of protesters say the announcement by Premier Jason Kenney wasn’t enough yesterday and the masking bylaw should have been removed immediately.

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Time Published: 9:15 a.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9

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